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Mercedes finds cause of Hamilton failure
– Mercedes has found the cause of Lewis Hamilton's engine failure at the Malaysian Grand Prix, prompting the manufacturer to revise parameters for all power units at this weekend's Suzuka event.Hamilton, who had built a comfortable lead from pole position at Sepang, suffered his failure with just 15 laps remaining, handing a 1-2 finish to Red Bull, as Daniel Ricciardo led home Max Verstappen.Mercedes vowed to trace the fault and, on the eve of the Japanese Grand Prix, confirmed a big-end bearing failure on the start/finish straight, which followed a loss of oil pressure at the final corner."Our analysis has shown that Lewis' engine suffered a big-end bearing failure. This...
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